1999
Chronic hypoglycemia and diabetes impair counterregulation induced by localized 2-deoxy-glucose perfusion of the ventromedial hypothalamus in rats.
Borg MA, Borg WP, Tamborlane WV, Brines ML, Shulman GI, Sherwin RS. Chronic hypoglycemia and diabetes impair counterregulation induced by localized 2-deoxy-glucose perfusion of the ventromedial hypothalamus in rats. Diabetes 1999, 48: 584-587. PMID: 10078560, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.48.3.584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentromedial hypothalamusSystemic hypoglycemiaChronic hypoglycemiaCellular glucopeniaDefective counterregulationDiabetic BBNondiabetic BBDiabetic groupEpinephrine responseNorepinephrine responseCatecholamine responsesIatrogenic hypoglycemiaDiabetic ratsGlucagon releaseEfferent pathwaysSympathoadrenal systemControl ratsHypoglycemic ratsHypoglycemiaGlucopeniaCounterregulationRatsHypothalamusPerfusionCritical role
1991
Opiate blockade enhances hypoglycemic counterregulation in normal and insulin-dependent diabetic subjects
Caprio S, Gerety G, Tamborlane WV, Jones T, Diamond M, Jacob R, Sherwin RS. Opiate blockade enhances hypoglycemic counterregulation in normal and insulin-dependent diabetic subjects. American Journal Of Physiology 1991, 260: e852-e858. PMID: 2058661, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1991.260.6.e852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-induced hypoglycemiaGlucose counterregulationIDDM patientsGlucose productionOpiate blockadeHormonal responsesInsulin-dependent diabetic subjectsCounterregulatory hormone releaseDefective glucose counterregulationInsulin clamp studiesAbsence of hypoglycemiaInsulin-dependent patientsVariable glucose infusionDefective counterregulationHypoglycemic counterregulationNaloxone studyGlucagon responseDiabetic subjectsEndogenous opiatesGlucoregulatory hormonesGlucoregulatory responsesHormone releaseGlucose infusionHealthy subjectsCortisol release